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September 1, 2008

G137: Red Sox 7, Orioles 4

Byrd was Byrdesque (7-7-4-1-4, 84) and the Red Sox (finally) broke through against Olson in the sixth for some breathing room.

Byrd allowed three home runs -- Adam Jones in the 1st, Juan Castro in the 2nd, and Kevin Millar in the 7th -- but they were all solo shots. Beyond those, he allowed only one Baltimore baserunner past second, when he got Luke Scott on a fly out with the bases loaded to end the sixth.

Olson walked the bases loaded in the first, but escaped trouble. Boston got two runs in the 2nd on back-to-back home runs from Jason Varitek and Jeff Bailey. Then the Red Sox, trailing 3-2 in the sixth, batted around against two Orioles pitchers.

After Kevin Youkilis lined to left, Jason Bay hit a ground-rule double to right-center. Jed Lowrie's double to left scored bay to tie the game. Varitek grounded to short, but Bailey walked and Coco Crisp knocked a single to center, scoring Lowrie. Jacoby Ellsbury's infield single behind second loaded the bases. Dustin Pedroia singled down the right field line and two more runs scored. After David Ortiz was walked intentionally, Yook hit into a fielder's choice.

The Red Sox got another run on a bases-loaded walk in the eighth. The run was scored by Pedroia, who had his AL-leading 54th multi-hit game of the season.

After two strikeouts in the ninth, Jonathan Papelbon allowed singles to Millar and Jay Payton -- and a Varitek passed ball moved the runners to second and third. Pinch-hitter Oscar Salazar battled Bot through an eight-pitch at-bat, but grounded to FY to end it.

Also: Cleveland beat the White Sox 5-0, dropping Chicago into a tie with Minnesota in the Central. Both teams are 77-60, 3 GB the Red Sox in the WC. ... And in a game with no playoff implications whatsoever, New York beat Detroit 13-9.

Koby Clemens and a couple of his minor league teammates were arrested in Salem, VA outside of a restaurant. Clemens was arrested for disorderly conduct. One teammate is being charged with assault and battery.

Did he really? I was listening to the first part of his inning on WFAN when I was sitting in the car in a Walmart parking lot. The signal wasn't good, but I could hear it. When we got going I turned it back to the Yankees game which had a much better signal. WFAN in New Hampshire during the day... bit statickey.

I had a big shock moment when an 18-year kid in Cincinnati that heard I was listening to "Rock & Roll", and said "Oh, it's the song from that Cadillac ad". I said "no it's not, it's Zeppelin". And he asked "Who?"

So, I've got tickets to wednesday's day game. Dice-K is the expected pitcher. I went to a game against the MFY earlier this year. Dice-K was the pitcher. Went to one game last year. Dice-K was the pitcher.

sure does. I'm actually not sure who I'm going with. Had a couple of friends who were top of the list, but neither can.

Emma's been asking me if there's a chance she could see the Red Sox this year. It'd be fun to take here, but... it's the 2nd day of school, she gets bored 'round the 3rd inning, and she can't split the cost with me.

Was browsing thru my fav. record store earlier today, in the vinyl rack. (No, I'm not looking to start that conversation again, it's just where I was at) Saw a nice looking copy of VU - shit, brain fart now, the one with the banana, anyway, I thought "hey ths is.....50 bucks that's what it is"It went back.

I haven't been able to keep up with all the reports of ridiculous police-state actions around the RNC. caught some of the initial reports, but have fallen far behind. between that, gustav, and the bizarro world of McCain's VP pick, labor day actions, war resisters, and on and on, I'm on extra info overload.

i just got the shit scared out of me. sitting in the dark, i see a creature walk right under my feet and under the steps i was sitting on. if it was a skunk, it didn't spray. must've been a possum or something.

You'd be surprised how many wild animals scamper about in amusement parks at night. Skunks, raccoons, rabbits... In the park I worked in in Cincinnati there were sometimes deer walking around one of the wooden coasters at night. Crazy.

The Cincinnati amusement park--is that the ones the Bradys went to that time? I know they went to one in Ohio because dad had business there--and they had to do a big relay race to get dad's plan's back to him or something.

a little over a decade ago I was watching a video with some friends on a hot summer night with the doors open for cross ventilation. Looking down, a skunk had wandered into the house and was between us and the TV.

"Jere sounds like the city boy out in the country. All the scary noises in the quiet."

Ha, except I'm really a rural boy who lately lives in cities. I'm cool with sitting outside at night, I mean, I love it, but we have no light back here and add the fact that I'm staring into the bright laptop screen, I'm totally blind when I look up. I have found a good spot where the connection isn't cutting out, though.

I have a close friend who is terrified of bats. We were once hanging out upstate NY, and I saw how frightened she got. And she's a real tough cookie. I felt really bad for her, it was so intense, and totally involuntary.

yeah, when I was in Nebraska and told people I lived an hour north of NYC, they thought I was basically in part of the city. But Ridgefield--man, I had cows a half a mile from my house. we were 20 minutes from any store. We were in the Styx.

sweet. Ever since you said one of your fears is not liking something made by a friend, I've been so nervous for you! Like, what the hell are you gonna do if you don't like it? I hate that I may be causing you pain by writing this book... (you can put that in your review, ha.) But I had one blogger actually put the book down because we spoke positively of Amalie in like the second chapter. Would not read it!

Ofer - You're actually near me. I believe this is the closest I've ever been to a fellow JoSer.Charlotte is home of the Charlotte Knights, White Sox AAA Team, and the NFL Panthers. Also the Hornets but we don't count them. Myrtle Beach has the Pelicans, Braves A team. They're in the Carolina league with our Warthogs, and kicking ass again this year. I'm in Winston-Salem, about an hour away from Charlotte.

There's a line when we introduce her--"wunderkind of the Boston Globe." That one was my mom's, and I just remember thinking, "oh, heh, that's cool." Because I like Amalie. Now, maybe that could be considered too strong a word, I guess, but this dude hates her so much he stopped reading at that point. His girlfriend picked up the book and read it, and did the review on his blog for him. So that was nice of him to put it up anyway.

oh and the reason I mentioned the blogger who wouldn't read my book--if you've got any negatives, I can take it. Because at least you read it!

I don't know (yet) if I'll write a review as if I don't know you, which would include some criticisms - all books have weaknesses - or if I'll write a "this is my friend's book and it's really good and this is why" review with no crit.

I mean, either way I would say I know you, but the first one would be a more in-depth, serious review, the second one would be more like a PR plug.